| 25-247 |
Charles L. Payne, II v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2025-09-03 |
Denied |
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criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-vouching sixth-amendment witness-credibility |
Under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, a defendant has a right against a prosecutor or law enforcement vouching … |
| 23-5155 |
Jeremiah Lyle VanTassel v. Patricia Thompson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fraud fraud-upon-court procedural-default prosecutorial-vouching standing time-limits |
Does fraud upon the court trigger equitable tolling? |
| 23-5049 |
Marcus O. Singleton v. Scott Eckstein, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching trial-misconduct wisconsin-courts witness-credibility |
Whether the prosecutor vouched for their witnesses |
| 22-6909 |
Curtis Lynn Fauber v. Ronald Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
curative-instructions donnelly-v-dechristoforo due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching vouching witness-credibility |
Did the Ninth Circuit's opinion create a conflict with this Court's decision in Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637 (1974), under which specific c… |
| 19-8479 |
Bernard J. Fleming v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial personal-opinion prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching vouching witness-credibility |
When do comments by a prosecutor in her final and rebuttal arguments to the jury in a criminal case that affirm the veracity of the government's chief… |
| 19-6584 |
Steven Williams v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cooperating-witnesses cooperation-agreement credibility-bolstering direct-examination due-process government-vouching prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vouching truth-telling witness-credibility witness-testimony |
Whether it is a violation of due process for the government to bolster the testimony of cooperating witnesses |